Press Releases

Health care providers in Maryland and around the country are quickly adapting to the COVID-19 emergency by expanding telehealth services to continue offering safe and high-quality care to patients.

Ensuring widespread access to testing is the first step necessary to moving safely to the other side of this pandemic.

For more than 25 years, AmeriCorps volunteers have been doing crucial work in Maryland and around the country.

SNAP plays a critical role in our nation’s social safety net and helps protect families, especially women, young children, and seniors, from poverty and hunger.

I hope you and your family are staying healthy and safe during this trying time.

The COVID-19 crisis has impacted nearly every aspect of life, and this funding awarded to the University of Maryland, College Park will help us better understand how this pandemic is affecting the mental and physical well-being of Marylanders.

We urge you to direct the Bureau of Prisons to take steps to ensure that federal correctional staff, including both prison guards and health staff, receive adequate supplies of PPE, regular testing, and health care support, including full pay if they become sick with the virus.

Maryland’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Minority Serving Institutions, and community colleges serving high populations of low-income students play a critically important role in our communities.